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MSU Lands 41 On 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

June 28, 2017
STARKVILLE, Miss. ? A total of 41 Mississippi State student-athletes were named to the 2016-17 First-Year Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Wednesday.

The 41 Bulldogs span 11 sports (baseball, women's basketball, women's cross country, football, men's golf, women's golf, women's soccer, softball, men's track and field, women's track and field and volleyball) and are part of a total 902 student-athletes named to the list across the 14 SEC schools.

Soccer led the way, placing an MSU-best seven on the list, with men's and women's track and field both not far behind with six. Women's cross country earned five spots, followed by baseball with four and both football and softball with three representatives.

The Bulldog men's and women's golf programs, along with MSU volleyball each contributed two to the list, while women's basketball rounded out State's first-year honorees with one.

The SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll is based on grades from the 2016-17 academic calendar.

Each student-athlete must 1) have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution; 2) be on scholarship or a letter winner; 3) have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial credit at the nominating institution; and 4) have been a member of the varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.

On Monday, 66 Bulldogs spanning eight sports were named to the 2017 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll.

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2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Baseball (4)
Jacob Barton ? Psychology
Trey Jolly ? Business Administration
Spencer Price ? Kinesiology
Hunter Vansau ? Finance

Women's Basketball (1)
Ameshya Williams ? Undeclared

Women's Cross Country (5)
Charlotte Cayton-Smith ? Kinesiology
Caitlin Donovan ? Criminology
Stephanie Peterson ? Chemistry
Emma Tucker ? Geoscience
Alex Wallace ? Mechanical Engineering

Football (3)
Kobe Jones ? Business Administration
Stewart Reese ? Kinesiology
Jeffery Simmons ? Kinesiology

Men's Golf (2)
Griffin Agent ? Accounting
Garrett Johnson ? Kinesiology

Women's Golf (2)
Teri Doss ? Industrial Engineering
Athena Yang ? Communication

Soccer (7)
Valentina Duque ? Chemical Engineering
Taylor de Graaf ? Biological Sciences
Ciara Donnelly ? Kinesiology
Alexa England ? Biological Sciences
Kaleigh Fowler ? Kinesiology
Emily Malone ? Biological Sciences
Makayla Waldner ? Mechanical Engineering

Softball (3)
Montana Davidson ? Kinesiology
Emily Mitchell ? Kinesiology
Lindsey Williams ? Civil Engineering

Men's Track and Field (6)
Stephen Jones ? Marketing
Daniel Nixon ? Business Information Systems
Micah Ryan ? Business Administration
Kenya Small ? Kinesiology
Chandler Underwood ? Computer Science
Eryk Yunk ? Communication

Women's Track and Field (6)
Sharon Botley ? Psychology
McKenzie Ethridge ? Pre-Veterinary Medical Tech
Madelyn Lee ? Agribusiness
Monica Mosley ? Communication
Justice Sims ? Kinesiology
Kayla Williams ? Mechanical Engineering

Volleyball (2)
Liv Benner ? Landscape Architecture
Emily Hill - Kinesiology